To give way

Synonyms for "to give way" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
break downcapitulationcave in

Strong matches (5)

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)

Related word relations

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More general

14 entries
actionbehavioral actchangecollapsedecision makingevolutionfailurephrasal verbreplacementroad signsocial actionstructural failuretraffic instructionverb

More specific

14 entries
accommodationacquiescebridge collapsebuilding collapsecedecompromiseconcedeconcessiondisplacefloor collapserelentreplacesupersedeyield sign

Collocations

10 entries
give waygive way linegive way policygive way signgive way to doubtgive way to pressuregive way to reasongive way to traditiongive way under pressuregiving way

Inflections

5 entries
gave waygive waysgiven waygives waygiving way

Derivations

2 entries
giveawaygiving way